confide

The story

1. Latin · derived fromconfīdere“to put trust in, have confidence in”
2. Middle Scots · borrowed fromconfide
3. English todayconfide

From Middle Scots confide, confyde (“to put trust in”), from Latin confīdere (“to put trust in, have confidence in”), from con- (“together”) + fidēre (“to trust”). First attested in English use in the early 17th century. Doublet of faith and fidelity.